To,

SHO, Police Station, Hissar.

Subject: FIR against illegal meat shop cum slaughter houses in Hissar.
Greetings,
Kindly refer to the orders passed by the Honble Supreme Court of India in CWP No. 309 of 2003 and Honble Punjab
and Haryana High Court orders in CWP No. 6384 of 2001 read with the Govt. of Haryana constituted State and District
level Committees for Slaughter Houses and Haryana Municipal (Regulation of sale of meat) Bye-laws, 1976 with Haryana
Municipal Corporation (Regulation of Slaughter Houses) Bye-laws, 2008, Solid waste management in slaughter houses,
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) instructions dated November 14, 2014, where as undersigned is a
non official member of the State Committee for Slaughter Houses, Department of Urban and Local Bodies (Govt. of
Haryana), received complaints that illegal meat shop cum slaughter houses are working in Hissar, slaughtering animals
without compliance of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter Houses) Rules, 2001, violating section 3 and 11 of
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. 1960 read with the FSSAI guidelines and animals and birds are being brought
to the illegal slaughter houses, violating the Cattle Transport Rules, 1978 amended in 2001 read with the section 94 of the
Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993. It would also be pertinent to mention here that Honble Supreme Court of India
passed orders dated 27-8-2013 about animal transportation read with observations about stunning process of slaughtering
and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) also endorsed same process in their instructions dated 14-112014.
A joint inspection was conducted with the concerned officials and following 68 illegal meat shop cum slaughter houses are
found:
EVERY WHERE IN HISSAR 68 MEAT SHOPS CUM SLAUGHTER HOUSES (LIST PREPARED BY CSI).
Animals and poultry birds are not fed well, ill-treated and sick, not fit to slaughter, hence section 3, 11, 38 of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 read with the 188, 428-429 IPC, section 338 (4) of Haryana Municipal
Corporation Act, 1994 and FSSAI directions dated November 14, 2014 with the FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food
businesses) Regulation, 2011 and FSS (Prohibition and Restriction on sales) Regulation, 2011 / Rules and Regulations
framed by the Govt. of Haryana, as stated above along with different sections of the Prevention of Cruelty (Slaughter
Houses) Rules, 2001, where as naturally dead fish also been offered, for human consumption, which is prohibited.
The Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry, to be informed for medical examination and then these animals can be
handed over to any Infirmary, as per section 35 of the PCA Act, 1960 for further treatment, care and shelter during court
trials. It would also be pertinent to mention here that SPCA, Hissar also be asked to look after these rescued animals and
poultry birds.
Sincerely yours,
NareshKadian, Member, State Committee for Slaughter Houses,
C-38, Rose Apartment, Prashant Vihar, sector-14, Rohini, Delhi 110085.